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The wedding journey;

(SYNOPSIS: Historical novel set in mid 1800's in upper New...)

SYNOPSIS: Historical novel set in mid 1800's in upper New York state. It was a four-day trip by packet boat from Schenectady to Buffalo in 1835 but that was too long for young Roger Willcox to be separated from his Bella, whom he had married the morning they boarded the Western Lion. Roger's impatience got him into trouble. The boisterous docks, the strain of the towrope against the pull of horse and mule, the battles of boatmen, grain from the West, Machinery from the East, travelers of every stripe-clergymen, gamblers, salesmen, newlyweds, even Mrs. Lucy Cashdollar, proprietor of the renowned Utica agency dealing in cooks for bachelor boatmen--all are here."

The Boyds of Black River

(There was always something going on in the rambling old m...)

There was always something going on in the rambling old mansion that housed the big Boyd family. The Boyds were country genre in the old sense, and they lived to the hilt, as gentry could at the turn of the century, on a prosperous, sprawling farm in upstate New York. It was a good life, overflowing with excitement, humor, good food and good drink, the smell of autumn leaves, the silence of deep snowdrifts, the clatter of the barnyard - all the million activities of country life at its fullest and best. You won't read more than three pages before you will find yourself an intimate, living part of it. This is Walter D. Edmonds in a somewhat lighter vein. His book is a nostalgic comedy of country manners, but it is a big, full-measure book, done with rich detail, with his own special knowledge and with a feeling of gusto for the period which no other modern writer can match.

Three Stalwarts: Three Complete Novels-Drums Along the Mohawk, Erie Water, Rome Haul

(Three stalwarts at a logistics company in Rutland have be...)

Three stalwarts at a logistics company in Rutland have been honoured with a celebration marking their careers. There are 3 whole, rich stories with great characters in this book about the building and navigating of the Erie Canal. So much history and information in these books, along with a great story. A great picture of canal life.

The South African Quirt

(First Edition stated. Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1985. G...)

First Edition stated. Little, Brown & Co., Boston 1985. Good/Good dust jacket condition. THE SOUTH AFRICAN QUIRT IS A CLASSIC TALE OF A BOY'S RITE OF PASSAGE, DRAMATICALLY HEIGHTENED BY THE TERRIFYING STRUGGLE THE BOY, NATTY DUNSTON, MUST UNDERGO AT THE HANDS OF HIS TYRANNICAL FATHER....

Tales My Father Never Told (New York State Series)

(This new book by Walter Edmonds is a cause for celebratio...)

This new book by Walter Edmonds is a cause for celebration. For decades Edmonds has been one of America's most popular writers. A National Book Award and Newbery Medal winner, his Drums Along the Mohawk is one of the all-time best sellers. His many historical novels about America and his extremely popular children's books have earned for him a loyal and substantial group of fans. Edmonds' latest book, his first in decades, will be welcomed by readers all over. Tales My Father Never Told is a nostalgic look back at another time and place. This is the autobiography Edmonds never wrote. It lovingly recreates his childhood and pre-adolescent days growing up at the foot of the great Adirondacks, in the rural beauty of the Northlands. He writes about his first drunk, his special love for fly-fishing, certain Irish "ghosts" known to inhabit the land along their stream... and his father: "We did not often understand each other then; in the end I was able to see that love had existed, existed on both sides, and perhaps that disclosure is justification for this small book." Tales thus has a thoughtful and sometimes painful edge to it, but there is much humor too, as when the young "Watty" learns to forge his father's signature, or where he hints that the dagger father has mounted over his bed might be tipped with curare. And so, Tales is about youth and rural life, about the early years of one of this country's finest writers and, as Edmonds tells us, it is the story of a father and a son, of the love he felt for the son, deep and real, and of a love that "worked both ways."

The wedding journey;

(SYNOPSIS: Historical novel set in mid 1800's in upper New...)

SYNOPSIS: Historical novel set in mid 1800's in upper New York state. It was a four-day trip by packet boat from Schenectady to Buffalo in 1835 but that was too long for young Roger Willcox to be separated from his Bella, whom he had married the morning they boarded the Western Lion. Roger's impatience got him into trouble. The boisterous docks, the strain of the towrope against the pull of horse and mule, the battles of boatmen, grain from the West, Machinery from the East, travelers of every stripe-clergymen, gamblers, salesmen, newlyweds, even Mrs. Lucy Cashdollar, proprietor of the renowned Utica agency dealing in cooks for bachelor boatmen--all are here."